Tire-cover.



F. .C. BEUUK.

TIRE COVER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY15, 1908.

907,453. Patented Dec722,1908.

5 Frederick C. Brock readily applied T ll tFEIClil.

0K, ll COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIUIJOH T9 'l'llii- VlEI-IIULF APR N FREDERICK 0. Bi l a & HGOD' 'Y, Oi" UULUMBI S, OlllO, A, U)l l'l)l-l/ill .i? 0i OHIO TIEEfiOVEE.

No. 907,453. Specifics-bier: of Letters Patent; Patented Dec. ?2, 1908.

Application filed May 15; 19%. Serial 1%. 433,015.

To all whom it 111L125!) concern:

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nay be covered and the cover roiained n its fplace about tho Lire withoutthe necessity of ernployin g lscings or other indirect or tedious attaching devices; to so construct my improved cover as to prmride a casing for a tire neat in appearance and capable of being thereto or removed. therefrom. These objects 1 accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l a viow in perspoctivo ol my i1nproved tire-cover showing the same as it appears upon a rubber tire and for the sal zo of olos-rness in illustration showing the ends of tho cover disconnect id, Fig 2 is an inner face View showing the various sections which go to make up my improved tire cover, thoso sections brin (lisronnooir'd and i r 111g d in their relative positions adjacent with whioh they are to be connected, 3 an inner face View of a portion of the tire covershowing the socilo swhich are illuslralcd in Fig. 2 united, Fig. -l is a trnnswirso section oi a. tire having my improvud cover -'lhercon, sud, Fig. doiail vii-aw in porspoctire ill' trating tho manner of oonnoctingthe ends ol 7 the tire cover:

Similnr nuinorzrls refer to similar inli'ts throughout the soveral views.

The body 01 my improved i-iro core i-; substantially in tlu: fin-n1 of an elongated strip ol' flexible and waterproof material within wliioh the rubber tire is adapted to be inoasod or vv'ra'ppe said cover body hei and width to embrace or wrap tire of a certain silo.

- It will readily bo understood that in wrapping a cirrula tiro within an elongated strip of material formed of one sootion, dii'iioulty will be experienced in producing a neat 7 struction by means of nhich a rubber tiro and closely ii firing wrapper for the tire, owing to th oru'raturo of the latter. This d1fl1- i overcome by constructing my i1nproved cover as follows:

1 represents the central section of the cover which is in the nature of a comparatively narrow strip of material extending zhroughout the length of the cover and which has longer edges torniod straight and parallel as shown, portions of this strip being indicated. in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. To opposite edges of this straightrentral strip, 1 sow one after another the inner edges of outwardly curved sections 2 and to the outer edges of these curved strips 2, I secure the innor ed s of straight sections or strips 3 winch correspond substai'itially in form with the ventral section 1.. This being accomplished l secure to the outer edges of the ight sections 3 one after the other throughout the length thereof, outer sections ()1" strips l which are bowed or curved inwardly or in opposite directions from the curves of tho strips 2. To the inner face of one end of the body thus formed, 1 secure longitudinally extending tapes 5 which at their outer ends on ry rings (5, these tapes being preferably arrs-ngod in pairs, that is, two of said tapes being adjacent to one of the longer edges of the cover body and the remaining two adjarent to the opposite longer edge thereof. Near the reinainin end of the cover body, I provide the outor of said body adj accnt to each of longer with two rows of separated hooks 7.

in utilizing my invention, the cover formed as above described, is made to incase a tire is iinlicated at S in such manner that utral st night cover section 1 embraces or lies against tho inner open side of the tire, 5L5 shown in Fig 4, while the sections 2 embrace the sides of the tire and the straight sections I) oxlr-nd over the tire trend or bearing surface, one of said sections overlapping tho other in the manner indicated in the 'lho soctions named being in this position on the tire, the edge strips which are compo-sod oi' the oi. er sect-ions 4 extend over and embrace opposite sides of the tread. vr'hen one half the cover has been thus wrapped about or made to partially embraces the tire body, one pair of the rings 6 which are rnrricd by that part of the cover which hns been utilized, are made to engage the desired hooks 7 of the corresponding half-of-the cover. The other half of the cover being new Wrapped into engagement with the tire and with the first half applied thereto, a complete closure and fastening of the ends of the cover, is attained by securing the remuining rings 6 ebo at two of the remaining hooks.

Assuming that the tire cover is constructed of one piece of nmteriul, it is obvious that wrapping the same about the circular tire in the zit-inner shove KLLXSCRilJGkl, would result in e puehering' or bugging of the muterial at Vlrious points throughout the tire, thereby iruilzu'ing an unsightly and ill-iittin cover. it has been leund, however, that y construvting the cover body herein described, 'i 0., el an alternate arrangement of straight ser-tions and n plurality of curved sections, a enver holly produced which will eoniorm to the curvature of the tire and which when wrapped shout the tire in the manner described, has the appearance of at close fitting and comparatively smooth external tire covering or easing;

What I claim, is:

A tire cover comprising a straight central strip 1,:1 plurality of outwardly curved strips having their inner edges united to opposite sides of said central strip, straight strips 3 having their inner edges united to the outer edges of said curved strips 2, and inwardly curved. strips 4 having their inner edges L. CARL Sronenren, A. L. PH LPS; 

